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We collected qualitative data from 120 senior managers in state-owned enterprises in the People’s Republic of China. Ten organizational culture dimensions that relate to an organization’s capability in internal integration and external adaptation and organizational culture’s effects on three organizational and three employee outcomes were identified. Two focus group discussions were conducted to verify the dimensions and explore causal relationships. We compare the Chinese organizational cultural dimensions with Western dimensions and note some unique organizational cultural dimensions in Chinese state-owned enterprises.
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Xin, K.R., Tsui, A.S., Wang, H., Zhang, ZX., Chen, WZ. (2002). Corporate Culture in State-Owned Enterprises: An Inductive Analysis of Dimensions and Influences. In: Tsui, A.S., Lau, CM. (eds) The Management of Enterprises in the People’s Republic of China. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1095-6_17
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